Investigators said an accidental fire at Huntington Downs Apartments Saturday morning started outside on a patio and spread indoors.

The Boiling Springs Fire District responded to the apartment complex on Roper

Mountain Road around 6:30 a.m.

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Jeff Nelson, BSFD fire marshal, said investigators narrowed down the origin of the fire to one of two patios. They're still trying to determine which item from each patio may have sparked the fire, according to the fire marshal.

Nelson said the first indication that something was wrong came from a barking do --- not a smoke detector.

"The fire spread to the attic first, but there aren't any smoke detectors there," Nelson told WYFF News 4. "The dog's owner got up and notified the neighbors."

Nelson said tenants knocked on each other's doors to make sure they got out.

Five units suffered from fire damage, five more had water damage and three had smoke damage, according to Nelson.

Ann Wright, a volunteer with the American Red Cross, said her agency assisted 25 adults and two children at the scene.

Ultimately, 14 of the tenants were transferred to apartments elsewhere, according to the Huntington Downs manager.

The manager said all Huntington Downs tenants are required to purchase renters insurance.

"That is so important. Most people don't realize that you can get renters insurance and it's pretty inexpensive," Wright said.